To leverage its long coastline for delivery and get polluting trucks off the streets, the city is looking to the private sector for ideas. Listen to the article3 min Dive Brief New York City wants to turn its waterways into “blue highways” for delivering goods, announcing last week that it’s on the hunt for creative ideas from the private sector on how…
A Sad Farewell In Seaton Akermans has closed after 211 years of trading in the town. Although the name is still on the step … … the store is now empty. Of course, Akerman did not just mong iron; the helpful staff sold almost anything you could think of from a few screws to a small tile cutter. If they…
KEY POINTS Gas station numbers have been decreasing at a sharp rate in the past three decades and the trend is expected to continue, with at least a quarter of service stations globally at risk of closure by 2035 without significant business model tweaks, according to consulting firm BCG. Gas stations making the switch to electric vehicle charging will be…
But Dan’s The Man! But not this Dan Lister (above) who is a footy player recently moved from Whitley Bay to Whickam. Maybe this Dan Lister (below) a Councillor in Herefordshire (and a little backward in his presentation?). Or this Dan Lister who is a much respected Barrister! But of course, we all know that Dan the Man for this…
One of the more frustrating things about working in the transport sector is the ever-present issue of funding. But this is not the issue that you may think it is. Most of you probably think that this is a matter of either total amount of funding available or its priorities. Both of these are issues, but they are known issues. In other…
Shoes Factory – Whose Future? Church’s have been renowned for top quality footwear in Northampton since footwear was ever fitted to feet. It is hight unlikely that fbb will ever wear Church’s shoes. Apparently you do get TWO shoes for the above price! The company is now owned by Prada, shoemakers to the Underworld according to a well known film!…
Issue 300 of Passenger Transport is published on November 3. Contents include: LEAD STORY Bee Network journeys rose 8% in first monthOne month after bus franchising began, Transport for Greater Manchester is reporting passenger growth, increased revenue and improved punctualitys NEWS New owners pledge to support Arriva growthArriva CEO says deal ‘will deliver significant benefits’ HS2 cancellation to fund…
• Edge Hill Engine Station: where it all began (Rail Engineer) • We Need To Do Something About Noise Pollution (Better Cities) • What TfL can learn about us from our mobile data (James O’Malley) • London’s Confusing Railways (Reece Martin) • Zaha Hadid Architects’ metro station nears completion (Dezeen) • Rolling Coal pollution machines fined (CNBC) • Japanese hotels…
Plans to build the first Very Light Rail system in the UK has reached a major milestone as the vehicle has been successfully tested on innovative track that was laid in weeks. The Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) project has successfully run one of its vehicles on test track at the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre in Dudley. The…
But Whose Train? Gina’s Train! Georgina Hope Rinehart (née Hancock, born 9 February 1954) is an Australian billionaire mining magnate and businesswoman. Rinehart is the Executive Chairman of Hancock Prospecting, a privately owned mineral exploration and extraction company founded by her father, Lang Hancock. She was Lang Hancock’s only child, and when he died in 1992 she succeeded him as…